#11 The Blackwater Massacre

Shawn Ryan Show

Society & Culture, Philosophy

4.9 • 38.1K Ratings

🗓️ 19 August 2021

⏱️ 350 minutes

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After thirteen years of political persecution and wrongful imprisonment, four U.S. veterans reunited last Christmas with their loyal families after receiving Presidential pardons that some described as “an affront to justice.” In their first joint interview on The Shawn Ryan Show, the four men of Blackwater USA’s Raven 23 Tactical Support Team sit down with Shawn Ryan to discuss the most controversial gunfight of the entire Iraq War, the complete system failure of the U.S. government, a corrupt court system, and incompetent journalists that demonized them as war criminals and convicted them before standing trial, despite their innocence. In an extensive interview, Dustin Heard, Evan Liberty, Nick Slatten and Paul Slough discuss their ordeal as well as their experience in battle, their time in prison, their faith, and reuniting with their families. Special appearances from Gina Keating and Eddie Gallagher Donate to these men HERE: https://pipehitterfoundation.org Proof of Evidence/Documents/Emails/Cables https://static.bashcrash.io/2013.03.12%20Letter%20from%20McCool%20to%20AUSAs.pdf https://static.bashcrash.io/2019.08.14%20%20Transcript%20of%20Sentencing.pdf https://static.bashcrash.io/Ex%20H.pdf https://static.bashcrash.io/Haithem%20email.jpeg https://static.bashcrash.io/IMG_0473003.jpeghttps://static.bashcrash.io/IMG_0474.jpeg https://static.bashcrash.io/IMG_0475.jpeg https://static.bashcrash.io/IMG_0477.jpeg https://static.bashcrash.io/JessicaNewspaper.jpeg https://static.bashcrash.io/Raven%2023%20cables-Clinton%20email.pdf https://static.bashcrash.io/123_1.jpeg https://www.supportraven23.com Raven 23 Presumption of Guilt Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/raven-23-presumption-of-guilt/id1468783839 Vigilance Elite/Shawn Ryan Links: Website - https://www.shawnryanshow.com Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/VigilanceElite TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@shawnryanshow Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/shawnryan762 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Alright guys, so September 16th, 2007, what's known as the Black Water Masker, Raven 23
0:13.8	Incident, I want to get each and every one of yours first hand accounts of what happened.
0:25.7	Black Water Security guards shot more than 30 unarmed Iraqis in Baghdad in 2007.
0:34.5	Black Water Security Contractors were serving time for killing 17 Iraqi civilians in 2007.
0:43.6	More Americans receive lengthy prison sentences today for an infamous incident during the Iraq
0:48.3	War.
0:49.3	All four former Black Water Security Contractors convicted in the killings of 14 unarmed
0:55.1	Iraqi's including women and children in Baghdad in 2007.
1:00.4	Especially in 2007 with it being themed the most violent blood a year of the entire war.
1:14.3	They said that in 2007 there was an average of 180 engagements from insurgents a day.
1:21.7	As soon as we came to a stop within a minute or less I started hearing the pings on the
1:39.8	side of my vehicle and at the same time I heard I don't know if I heard Paul yell it out
1:46.4	on the radio or just yell it out down the turret that there was a white Kia that was presenting
1:53.4	a threat and was coming towards the vehicle.
2:00.2	So he landed in the middle of this gun battle and just walked over as we were loading our
2:08.8	brothers' remains.
2:10.1	We had already put them in body bags and we were dragging them back up the hill.
2:15.2	And he just lands in the middle of the gun fight.
2:18.8	Lands his burden and it gets out.
2:20.0	He wanted to see that it was his brother and then as soon as he's seen it was his brother
2:24.6	he got back up and they started laying down suppressive fire for us again but it was
2:29.3	just a crazy moment.
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